1 <samba:parameter name="use client driver"
4 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
6 <para>This parameter applies only to Windows NT/2000
7 clients. It has no effect on Windows 95/98/ME clients. When
8 serving a printer to Windows NT/2000 clients without first installing
9 a valid printer driver on the Samba host, the client will be required
10 to install a local printer driver. From this point on, the client
11 will treat the print as a local printer and not a network printer
12 connection. This is much the same behavior that will occur
13 when <command moreinfo="none">disable spoolss = yes</command>.
16 <para>The differentiating factor is that under normal
17 circumstances, the NT/2000 client will attempt to open the network
18 printer using MS-RPC. The problem is that because the client
19 considers the printer to be local, it will attempt to issue the
20 OpenPrinterEx() call requesting access rights associated with the
21 logged on user. If the user possesses local administrator rights but
22 not root privilege on the Samba host (often the case), the
23 OpenPrinterEx() call will fail. The result is that the client will
24 now display an "Access Denied; Unable to connect" message
25 in the printer queue window (even though jobs may successfully be
28 <para>If this parameter is enabled for a printer, then any attempt
29 to open the printer with the PRINTER_ACCESS_ADMINISTER right is mapped
30 to PRINTER_ACCESS_USE instead. Thus allowing the OpenPrinterEx()
31 call to succeed. <emphasis>This parameter MUST not be enabled
32 on a print share which has valid print driver installed on the Samba
33 server.</emphasis></para>
36 <related>disable spoolss</related>
38 <value type="default">no</value>